The kiwifruit genome
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The kiwifruit genome
（Compendium of plant genomes / series editor, Chittaranjan Kole）
Springer, c2016
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Description
This book describes the basic botanical features of kiwifruit and its wild relatives, reports on the steps that led to its genome sequencing, and discusses the results obtained with the assembly and annotation. The core chapters provide essential insights into the main gene families that characterize this species as a crop, including the genes controlling sugar and starch metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and degradation, the ascorbic-acid pathway, fruit softening and postharvest metabolism, allergens, and resistance to pests and diseases.
The book offers a valuable reference guide for taxonomists, geneticists and horticulturists. Further, since information gained from the genome sequence is extraordinarily useful in assessing the breeding value of individuals based on whole-genome scans, it will especially benefit plant breeders. Accordingly, chapters are included that focus on gene introgression from wild relatives and genome-based breeding.
Table of Contents
Botanical description.- Genetic Resources.- World economic
importance.- Cytoplasmic DNA in Actinidia.- Cytology, ploidy and ploidy
manipulation.- Reproductive Biology.- Markers, maps, and marker-assisted
selection.- The Kiwifruit Genome.- Repetitive sequences.- Gene family
prediction and annotation.
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